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Key battle: Defoe v Koscielny
- Updated: October 26, 2016
With Sunderland facing Arsenal live on Sky Sports on Saturday, we look at the duel between Jermain Defoe and Laurent Koscielny.
Despite the best efforts of four-goal top scorer Jermain Defoe, Sunderland go into their 10th match of the Premier League season still without a win. The Black Cats host Arsenal at the Stadium of Light in the opening game of the weekend, and Defoe will be keen to end an unwanted run of his own.
It is almost 12 years since Defoe found the net against the Gunners, when he scored for Tottenham in a memorable 5-4 defeat in November 2004. Now 34, Defoe’s non-scoring run against Arsenal stretches to 15 Premier League appearances, coming for three different clubs, under seven different managers, and despite 23 attempts at goal.
It makes Arsenal one of Defoe’s least favoured opponents in the Premier League. He has only scored twice in 21 top division …
